Typographical composing-machine.



J. PEARSON. TYPOGRAPHICAL COMPOSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8, 1913.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

"ran STAWENT orrron.

dAMES PEARSON, OF BROADHEATH, ENGLAND,-'ASSIGNOR TO LINOTYPE AND MACHINERY LIMITED, 01 LONDON, ENGLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 'Au 4, 191a.

' Application filed September 8, 1913. Serial No. 7881506.

\ To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, JAMES PEARSON, a subject of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Lin- 5 otype and Machinery Works, Broadheath,

' in the county of Chester, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in T pographical Composing-Machines, of whichthe followin is a specification. f

This invention re ates to improvements in the escapcment mechanismof a ty ographi- "cal' machine and is especially app icable to a composing machine of the type known commercially under the trade mark Lino- [It consists in means by which each of a bank of vertical rods forming part of the as far as theinvention is concerned. I will first describe it as a plied to a single magazinemachine. 1 is t is magazine; 2 2, matrices in it; 3, its escapement lever fulcru ned '35 at 4, 11 the top of the magazine 5, a sprin holding the'front one of the two pawlsG, in front of the leading matrix; and 8 the assembler entrance down which the released A ,1 matrices drog ontheir way to the assembler, all in the wel known way. f y The usual bank of vertical rods 9 known as escapement rods because they, directly or indirectly, actuate the escapement leversfi,

' 'stands for the purpose of the invention, at some distance away from the magazine, dc?

.livery mouth 10. In the application illus- "trated, itstandsjustin front of theasse n bler entrance 8, and all the rear edges 11 stand in the same vertical planein order BO'that they may properly cooperate with the slides described farther on. Theserods receive the known reciprocating movements, z'. 6. they are raised to release the respective leading matrices and are lowered, after they have done that, into their normal positions, as heretofore. The transverse movement of a rod 9 toward the respective escapemcnt lever 3 must be synchronous with its upward movement, and is imparted to it by links 12 pivotally connected by their ends respectively to the said rod and to fixed bars 13 extendin across the front of the bank of rods. hen one of these rods is in its normal position, the links l2 point rearward and downward, as shown in Fig. 1, so that as the rod 9 is raised, the rock of the links 12 on their front pivots as far as the horizontal, moves the said rod transversely to- ,ward the res ective escapement lever 3. The

length of t is transvers movement is explained farther on. The links 12 are horizontal when a bar has completed its movement, as indicated bythe dot and dash lines in Fi 1. The number and position of these inks ,12 is. immaterial provided that there, are enough, and that they are so positioned as, to produce a true and steady transverse movement.. Between each rod 9 and the respective escapement lever 3, there is an intermediate member, the front end of which isin constant contact with the vertical edge 11 of. 'the rod. It is through this member that the transverse movement of a rod 9, makes the respective escapement lever 3' release its leading matrix. It is shown as a slide 14 mounted to, reciprocate from front to rear: and back, in guides 15 fixed upon the top of the assembler entrance 8. Its position may be horizontal, but'with an escapement lever such as the one. illustrated and an oblique magazine, its actuation of its lever is facilitated by that position being the oblique one shown.

16 is a spring pulling from the assembler entrance 8 upon a slide 14 to keep its front end inoperative contact with the edge 11 of its, rod 9, and 17 is a shoulder on a slide and engaging with oneof the guides 15 to prevent the spring moving it too far in that direction.

18 is theoperative end of a slide l l and 19 is a projection on the front endof the res ective escapement lever 3. The end 18 an the respective face of the projection 19 are respectively shaped to make engagement easy. They are both shown as being practically horizontal. I

20 is a spring pulling from each bar 13 upon each rod 9 to return it to'i-ts-normalj position after its transverse movementahas been completed. Tnus the return trans;-

verse movement of arod 9 is likewise synchronous with itsvertical downward move?" ment.

vTheaction of the invention is as follo The links 12' move a rod 9 that is-being raised for the purpose of releasing a leading matrix, transversely of its length and, consequently, toward the respective lever 3 into the position shown by the dot and dash lines jection 19, to, in the well known way, rock the respective escapement lever 3 far enough to move its pawl 6 from before the respective 1, 23, 24, 25, these are arranged columnwise leadingmatrix. The links 12 of a'set, are

so proportioned and normally positioned as to terminate the transverse movement-oi the respective rod 9, as soon as a pawl 6 has been moved from before the said matrix.

- The detail shown in Fig. 2, is a substitute for the link device 12 shown in Fig. 1.

According to it the transverse movementof a bar 9 is caused by engagement of downwardly and frontwardly directed inclines 21 formed inthe bars. front edge,.with corresponding inclines 22 on the bars 13. c When a machine of the type above mentioned has a plurality of magazines suchafl as shown in Fig. 1 with all their delivery mouths 10 in the same, vertical plane. In

;some of these machines the column is stationar in the machine frame, in which case, a sing e assembler entrance such as .8 is adjustable vertically by suitable means acting through a pitman' 26, to enable it to register with the magazine from which the operator wishes to compose. In others, the assembler entrance is itself stationary and the column of magazines is movable up or down in frame of the machine, to make the said magazine register with the stationary assembler. In either case the projections 19 must be in a plane a little to the rear of the plane containing the mouths 10, and the noses of the ends 18 in a plane a little to the front of the one last mentioned, that little being no more than will keep the noses of the ends 18 on the one hand and the months 10 and projections 19 on the other hand, clear of each other when a column or an assembler entrance is moved the one past the other. When it is the assembler entrance 8 that is movable, it is important that the rear edges 11 of the rods 9 are truly vertical in order that the engagements with the sides 14 may all take place in the same vertical plane.

Throughout this specification and the claims, the expressions matrix, matrices are to be understood as including type die, type dies respectively.

Having described my invention I declare 'liietters Patent is a 1.1m a typographical machine, the 'com- 7 -.'-bination of a series of escapements, a series 'of longitudinally movable actuating rods,

that."what ll claim and desire-to means whereby the longitudinal movement ottlie said rods effects also their bodily edgewise or lateral movement, and a series of members actuated by the edgewise movement of the rods for operating the escapements.

2. ln, a typographical machine, the com- .hmation of a plurality of magazines each provided with a series of escapements, a

series of longitudinally movable actuating rods, means whereby the longitudinal movementot said rods efiects also their bodily edgewise or lateral movement, and a series .of members actuated by the edgewise move ment of, the said rods for operating the escapements of .one or another of the magazines.

3. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines each provided with a series of escapements, a

series of actuating rods, and a correspond ing series of operating members in engagementwith the said rods and movable into operative relation to the escapements of one or another of the magazines and adapted to maintain their operative engagement with said rods during such movement.

. 4.. In a typographical machine, the combination vof a series of longitudinally movable actuating rods and a corresponding series of escapement operating members in engagement therewith, the said operating members being movable to difi'erent operative positions and adapted to maintain. their operative engagement with said actuating rods during such movement.

5. ln a typographical machine, the combination of a series of longitudinally movable rods; and a corresponding series of escapement operating members slidably engaged therewith so as to be movable to different operative positions and adapted to maintain their engagement with the rods durin such movement.

6. l n a typographical machine, the'combination of a series of longitudinally movable actuating rods, means whereby the longitudinal movement of said rods effects also their edgewise or lateral movement, a plurality of series of escapements and a series of operating members actuated by the edgewise movement of the rods and movable into operative relation to one or another of the series of escapements without afi'ecting thgir operative relation to the actuating r0 s.

7. The combination with each escapement of the escapement mechanism of a typographical com osin machine, of an escapement rod capa le 0 a reciprocating vertical movement, stationary bars, links pivotally wryen eseaperoent during the downward move- 10 ment of the rod, and a spring to return the slide.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES PEARSON. Witnesses:

FREDERICK Cnow'rmm, FRANK EDWARD BILLINGTON. 

